13.63% polling in Anantnag district: CEO

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 4/24/2019 11:27:50 AM

SRINAGAR, Apr 23: 13.63 percent polling was today recorded in Anantnag district of Anantnag parliamentary constituency.Disclosing this at a press conference here this evening chief electoral officer (CEO) Shailendra Kumar said it was incident free votingHe added that the highest polling was in Pahalgam assembly segment with 20.37 per cent.He said for the smooth polling, the ECI had setup 714 polling stations in the district. The ECI had also established 21 model polling stations, 12 all women model polling stations. Divulging segment wise details of the district, the CEO informed that the percentage of the total votes polled in Anantnag assembly segment was 3.47 per cent, Dooru 17.28, Kokernag 19.50, Shangus, 15.10, Bijbehara 2.04 and Pahalgam, 20.37 .The CEO informed that the total percentage of voting till date in various parliamentary constituencies in the state including Baramulla, Jammu, Srinagar, Udhampur and Anantnag was recorded at 48.87 percent.The CEO complimented voters, political parties, contesting candidates, media, polling staff and security forces for smooth and peaceful conduct of polling in the state. Divisional commissioner, Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan, IGP Kashmir, SP Pani, besides other officers were present on the occasion.